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I'm a little surprised reading some of these reviews but I suspect that Avowed could wind up like Fallout: New Vegas, where there's a vast gap between the critical reception and overall player consensus

— Jason Schreier (@jasonschreier.bsky.social) 13 February 2025 at 14:51

Honestly the criticism that it doesn't revolutionise the genre is a bit bullshit and unfair considering there's hundreds of games that don't revolutionise their genre but don't get docked for it and in fact receive universal praise, Lmao. Why are we docking titles because they aren't the next Witcher 3 or BG3? Might as well dock everything for that reason.

Before people think it's a defensive comment, I will point to Forza Horizon, that is hardly "revolutionising" the genre or its own IP past Forza Horizon 1 but is still swimming in universal acclaim and then there's From Software who largely don't change things up in "revolutionary" ways but instead cater to what people like, they don't get docked for it. The Yakuza series which I love, didn't revolutionise itself for like 6 entries, Lmao.

Praising the story, combat, etc, but docking it harshly because it doesn't revolutionise the genre seems silly. Indiana Jones should have been docked by the same logic, it didn't revolutionise the genre, it very much went back to a classical type of videogame, Lol. Felt like I was in the 2000s again. There's a bit of a unfair application where they pick and choose what games they apply it to.

People wonder why AAA budgets are insane...If every game has to be this massive revolutionary take...